The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-03-10
What Has been Done on the Streets

The ring organ comes 10 the defence Of the late
suNc yor of the city Highway district, whose cN-
pcn-iyc services are fully ventilated in another
article and with characteristic. dishonesty con-
ti3l-t- the work done i'll four years under TaNpay-
er rue with that dome during the past wear. Til
Is true If work sewers. -ui ditinin@ Hills. etc.
1t is stated that M il-om turned OK TO hi- sue
ce-7or lumber an other material amounting to at
least 100. and that Mr. Pierce has nothin. Of the
kind now ON hand and that Nj Wilson had pat
"n the streets $40 loads "f IL vel Tie facts are
that MI Pierce received FROM - predecessor only
about 30 worth of material and ha- a. much on
band. while the records show that only ~ loads
oi gravel were put on the streets. Instead of Nj.
i-un i'uiiding sewer, a> claimed. he covered Il
small part of a sewer that had been built for
Years. lnder the last year of Taxpayer rule a
little strip of sidewalk built in front OF the
" nd-ur House. During the past year Mr.. Pierce
built sidewalks Il. follows on Northpo.t avenue
from y +. keene'- to Capt. Doak'-; from Com
mcrcal to spring on High street: Black. store TO
PhuniN House High Court House to knowl-
tons market, and Spring street to Miller street,
and all the walk on Church street that Was not re-
built was oyerlauetl L Mon to High on Pearl no
walk there before and Church to Congress on
Pcarl-all new; on Congress from Capt Fcrgu-
SOM to Main street: on Main from Alden Chase :
to Cyrus Pattcrson>: all the walk ON Waldo ave
nue. built over; section on Park between
Court and Cedar streets; Main street from
David Lancaster's store to Pleasant street; new
walk two-thir,ls the length OF Common street, and
a short piece Oh Franklin street. There was more
new walk built last year than there WAS good
walk in the whole city, and a walk Is supposed to
last sin or seven wears.
The showing 10 work on the streets is equally
favorable to the present surveyor The road ma
chine was used last year on all the streets it went
over the year before, except Elm. Norhport ave
nue. was turnpked to Little River. 1t had been
LETT in bad condition by the Taxpayer official.
Church ami High streets turnpikcd. Mr..
Pierce was told he could not the road machine
ON Primrose Hill. lie removed the rocks and then
tulnpiked. There had been work done on Con-
grcss street for ten years and Mr.. Pierce rebuilt
the whole street. Main street was turnpiked from
Daniel llaraden's store over cemetery hill Waldo
| avenue turnpiked in part. The rocks were
taken out of Bridge street where the machine had
not been used, and the street turnpiked. Portions
of Washington and Pleasant streets were turn
piked.
a number of new sewers We're built and others
rebuilt y long was built at an angle across
Cross street from Main, and here ledge WAS en-
countered. y new sewer built Franklin
street, to empty into the dock at the foundry. Two
sewers at the foot of Main street were repaired
Two sewers on Northport avenue were rebuilt and
three repaired. Two new sewers were built Oh
Congress street and one Court street. Tie
sewer en- Commercial street was repaired and ex-
tended. Three hundred feet of sewer was built
north of Common street, covered and opened to
tide water In all there was more WORK done on
sewers than during the preceding four years
Mention has been made only of the more import
ant work done on streets, sidewalks and sewers
and in this connection the improvement on Front
street by the foundry should not be overlooked.
The street was raised here, thus disposing of an
unsgltly mud hole that had existed there for
years Last year ut this time much of the side
walk in the city was ankle deep with WATER but
during the past year the walks were raised so that
they can be walked over without wearing rubber
boots. And all this work has been done for the
sum of $4,000 less than was expended the wear
before.